PowerCore-6603E Emerson VME Module

FORCE's PowerCore product family offers designers a modular design concept which provides flexible, PowerPC-based solutions for differing OEM requirements in the embedded computing market. PowerCore is a single slot VME CPU which provides the "building blocks" to create optimized solutions for specific applications. The concept includes the choice of the latest PowerPC processors, I/O options including PMC expansion, a broad choice of real-time operating systems, and a range of memory options.

The PowerCore family incorporates the latest PowerPC technology and is well suited for mid- to high-end real-time applications in telecommunications, industrial control, and command and control environments. The entry level PowerCore single board computer is based on the PowerPC 603e. Running at 120 MHz, it delivers a performance of 3.0 SPECint95 and 2.2 SPECfp95. Higher-performance applications can be better served with the PowerPC 604e version running at 200 MHz to provide 7.4 SPECint95 and 5.8 SPECfp95. The processing performance may be increased by an optional onboard second level cache.

Two slots for PCI Mezzanine Cards (PMC) are provided with PowerCore providing additional flexibility by incorporating a variety of available graphic and I/O options. A broad range of real-time operating systems including: CHORUS/Classix(tm), LynxOS(tm), OSE(r) Delta, pSOSystem(tm), VRTX/OS(tm), and VxWorks(r)/Tornado(tm) are supported.